Federal Circuit Throws out $1.67 Billion Jury Verdict for Lack of Written Description Centocor Ortho Biotech, Inc. v. Abbott Lab., No. 2010-1144 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 23, 2011) By Katie Booth – Edited by Chinh Vo Slip Opinion The Federal Circuit recently ruled that a district court erred when it declined to grant the motion of defendant Abbott Laboratories (“Abbott”) for JMOL that the plaintiff’s asserted patent claims were invalid. In so holding, the court set aside a jury verdict of ... Read More...

District Court Looks Unfavorably Toward Unilateral Contract Amendments through Web Page Updates By Katie Booth – Edited by Esther Kang Roling v. E*Trade Securities, LLC, No. 10-0488  (N.D. Cal. Nov. 11, 2010) Slip Opinion hosted by Scribd.com The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held that plaintiffs’ claim that E*TRADE’s brokerage agreement was unconscionable was sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss. E*TRADE could change the terms of the brokerage agreement by posting revised terms on its ... Read More...